Indian Peace Treaty Celebration Planned
Pratt Daily Tribune reports Medicine Lodge Kansas residents prepare a multi day pageant Oct 11 13 reenacting the 1860s treaty signing by five tribes and the government. The event draws 50000 spectators and features two segments plus parades with figures like Miss Kansas and Miss Oklahoma among expected participants.
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Pratt Daily Tribune
Medicine Lodge
Kas
Kansas
Guy
George Docking
Georgiana Rundle
Axtell
Oklahoma
Nancy, Denner
Alva
Williamsburg News Highlights Local Visits And Furloughs
Joyce Fogle arrives on a 10 day furlough from Lackland AFB Texas and heads to Wichita Falls for specialist training. Numerous visits unfold including Heths in Topeka and Gerstenbergers in Eudora as well as gatherings at the McMillin and Bitts homes. A Timberlake reunion unfolds in Topeka, with families from Lyndon Ottawa and Osawatomie in attendance. Local clubs meet and social events record dinners and parties with many extended family visits.
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Joyce Fogle
Womens Air Forces
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Wichita Falls
Gene Heth
Topeka
I. L. Heths
Charles Gerstenberger
Eudora
John Clark
Quenemo
W. R. Thornbrughs
Homer Eddington
Debby
Nelson Bagsby
Bob
Great Bend
Frank Bitts
Bitts
Ernest Lindquist
Manhattan
Alton
Ill
Lena Strahan
Timberlake
Gage Park
J. H. Buckles
Waverly
S. T. Thorntons
Dora Hill
Chicago
Cal Byfords
Ervin Chambers
Patricia
John Fritts
Pomona
Frances Bennett
Peoria
J. W. Bennetts
Wayne McCurdy
Harold McCurdy
Kansas City
Elmer McCurdys
Melvin Bond
Kansas University
Forrest Bonds
Sadana Chapter
CES
E. P. Anderson
Vena McMillin
Ruth Davis
Cheryl Fitzgerald
Kay Hendricks
Air Corps
Leila Hogle
Wichita
Homer Green
Meet and Eat Club
Tom Stansbury
Mrs. Stansbury
Galen Fienhauger
Baby
Tom Stansburys
Pat
Kenneth Kents
Randy
Overland Park
Floyd McCurdys
L. W. Sutherland
Roy Watson
Emporia
Bull Shoals
Leadhill
Arkansas
W. R. Heth
Irwin Heths
Williamsburg
Topeka Depot to be closed after 1943 origin
The Topeka Air Force Supply Depot, with over 2700 workers and a yearly payroll near 11 million, will close over four years. Established in 1943 the facility houses 18 warehouses and 5 miles of railroad, serving Air Force needs worldwide. About 961 civilian managers will be reassigned. most staff are civilians.
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Topeka
Air Force
Dr Rees Hughes Named Director at Mid-America Inc
ParsonS announces the appointment of Dr Rees H Hughes president emeritus of Pittsburg State Teachers College as director of organization for Mid America Inc. The news notes his long tenure in higher education and signals a leadership shift within the regional nonprofit.
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Clyde M. Reed Jr
Parsons
Reed
Parsons ‘Sun
Southeast
Mid-America
Pittsburg College
Goodlander Hotel May Be Razed
Fort Scott may see the four story 100 room Goodlander Hotel razed to clear space for a modern downtown hotel. G W Marble president of the Fort Scott Investment Co announces an option on the Lee Building south of the present hotel as part of the plan.
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Fort Scott
Goodlander
G. W. Marble
Fort Scott Investment Co
J Ctty
Pee
Lee
Wellsville Area News Briefs Include Visits and Scout News
Mr and Mrs Carl Warnock left for Illinois to visit relatives with Mr and Mrs Verne Warnock of La Junta Colorado joining them. Oliver Neis and Gale Neis hosted visits from Edgerton and plan a new home north of Wellsville. Frances Taylor visit to Pleasant Hill noted. Elizabeth Cox broke her ankle and uses a wheelchair. A Brownie Scout Troop of 27 girls formed, sponsored by the Wellsville Garden Club, with leaders and weekly meetings at the school. Hazel Swartz visited family in Olney Illinois. Perry Libis at KU Medical Center after eye surgery.
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St. Barnabas Episcopal Guild
L. Heth
J. E. Decker
Shoemaker
Pittsburg
D. E. Smock
Jefferson City
Claude Smiths
Charles Pier
Oklahoma
Smith
Claude E. Smith Jr
Carl Warnock
Illinois
Verne Warnock
la Junta
Colorado
Oliver Neis
Gale Neis
Edgerton
Frank Taylor
Tom Taylor
Gardner
Pleasant Hill
Frances Taylor
Elizabeth Cox
Albert Jones
Kansas City
Fidelas
The
Methodist Church
Burbridge
Wellsville
Black Jack
A. Brownie
Wellsville Garden Club
Bill Coughenour
Bill Warnock
Lester Whitley Jr
E. E. Turner
Ralph O'Neil
Mr and Mrs Andy Calkins Visit Topeka Hosts
Mr and Mrs Andy Calkins of Topeka were last week guests of LeRoy Childs, sharing time and hospitality in a local social visit.
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Andy Calkins
Topeka
LeRoy Childs
Honor Despite Broken Hip at Eastern Star Meeting
Fort Scott report shows Mrs. Mary Bonesdeel 82 received a 50 year membership pin for the Eastern Star. She was carried in on a stretcher after breaking her hip at a church meeting six weeks earlier, then remained in a wheelchair but attended the event.
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Fort Scott
Mary Bonesdeel
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Peaces Treaty Assn
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Williamsburg Area News
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Tex
Minor Brown
Merwin Brown
Merle Davis
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Frank Davis
Dewey Curtis
Ferndale
Calif
J. C. Decker
J. E. Deckers
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Mary and
Barbara Johnson
Carol Bethell
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Rory Binns
Richard Logan
Greenville
Miss
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Lyle Logans
Logan
Air Forces
California
Cedar St
Ottawa
Youngstown
Hollywood
Rachel Hubbard
Auds
Ben Printy & Son
Jean Printy
Source
U.S. Weather Bureau
Department of Commerce
Rees Hughes
Mid-America Post
Goodlander Hotel
Courtney Ogg
West Side Grocery
Swift
Brookfield
Wisconsin
Intae
Kansas City Star
Kansas City Times
Pepperidge Farm
Bennett
Caracas
Charmin
Shurfresh
Oleo
Maull
Bespart
Florida
Mrs. Lee Chamberlain
Hazel Swartz
Olney
Kent Dixons
Perry Lieb
Kansas University Medical Center
Lester Moherman
Dorothy
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Malott's
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